Read the following quotation from The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. What is a common theme between the book (as evidenced through this quote) and one of your Independent Reading articles (IRJ documents)? Write a well-developed paragraph in which you use ideas from bothThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie and an IRJ document to establish a common thematic statement (controlling idea). Develop your controlling idea using specific examples and details from each text.
“I got you something,” he said.
“What?”
“It’s
in my boot.”
I
picked up one of his cowboy boots.
“No,
the other one,” he said. “Inside, under that foot-pad thing.”
I
picked up the other boot and dug inside. Man, that thing smelled like booze and
fear and failure.
I
found a wrinkled and damp five dollar bill.
“Merry
Christmas,” he said.
Wow.
Drunk
for a week, my father must have really wanted to spend those last five dollars.
Shoot, you can buy a bottle of the worst whiskey for five dollars. He could
have spent that five bucks and stayed drunk for another day or two. But he
saved it for me.
It
was a beautiful and ugly thing.
“Thanks,
Dad,” I said.
He
was asleep.
“Merry
Christmas,” I said, and kissed him on the cheek.
